Day 2: New Zealand trail by 216 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

New Zealand made a solid start to their first innings of the Test series, moving to 71 for 1 by lunch on the second day in reply to India's 318. They lost Martin Guptill, who played his shots in a 31-ball 21, but otherwise looked comfortable and batted with intent on a pitch that was not yet offering any undue help to the spinners.

At the crease at lunch were Tom Latham, batting on 25, and Kane Williamson on 21. R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja bowled 14 of the 21 overs India sent down, but were still wicketless, and still searching for the ideal pace and length to bowl on this Green Park surface.

Williamson, as expected, had a clear plan; he sat on the back foot for most part, giving himself extra time on a slow pitch to work the ball into gaps; the best example of this coming in the 13th over when he picked up 1, 2, 2 and 1 off successive balls from Ashwin.

Latham looked comfortable and compact while defending the spinners, and the few times he looked in trouble were the result of an over-eagerness to sweep. Early on, he missed one off Jadeja, the ball narrowly missing his stumps, and later survived an lbw appeal when he missed another off Ashwin.

India's only success came via Umesh Yadav, who struck with a full, straight ball that Guptill, rather than playing down the ground with a straight bat, looked to work into the leg side, across his front pad. He missed, and ball struck pad in front of middle stump.

It was the end of an edgy innings from an opener still trying to find a method to succeed in Test cricket. He hit Jadeja for two fours, one a straight hit over the top that he didn't quite middle, but also looked troubled by the left-arm spinner, surviving an lbw shout thanks to an inside-edge and nearly losing his off stump while leaving one that went with the arm.

In the morning, Jadeja and Umesh added 27 to India's overnight total, stretching their last-wicket partnership to 41, before Neil Wagner brought their innings to a close at 318. Jadeja went after the bowling, particularly the left-arm spin of Mitchell Santner, which he hit for two fours and a big six over long-on in three overs, and ended unbeaten on 42 off 44. Umesh survived 15 balls before gloving a short ball from Wagner down the leg side to the wicketkeeper BJ Watling.